maniacop32
satmaniac ,DIY man
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Well , since the instructions are to start a new thread here it is.My gear is,2.4m famaval polar mount,invacom quad ,dreambox 7000s ,plenty of patience....up to now)(-red .My location is sunny cyprus ,west limassol,(and for those who know omonia area 1km north from the beach).Since i had a dreambox 7000s with one of the worst tuners of all receivers(at least what i thought up to now)i ve never actually tried to tune to the 2d channels .After reading posts from guys here in limassol like zorba , bignick , simonskyman, and chris lim, i decided to give it a go with the intention if i got some results to move on and buy extensions for famaval and exband it up to 3.1m.At the beginning i was suprised when i managed to get signal with present gear and dreambox ,from 2d and after playing a bit more imanaged to get half picture from bbc 1 london 10.773horizontal for half an hour at 2000-2030 and partial sound.I thougt if itryed a different receiver from a friend i would get full picture.So i rushed and borrowed a pace ds430 which was supposed to be one of the best digiboxes for fringe reception outside uk.The result when i tryed to tune tobbc1 i got zero signal and picture but i managed to download rte irish tv radios on 10744h.After that i tryed with a hummy 5400 on the same hours without moving the dish.The results were a bit better ,full picture but with a few pixellations coming and going .Why is this happening. from past posts from locals here on the same matter ...zorba ie,...they mention best time for receiving bbc s 1300-1700.what could be wrong. Is dreambox better from the so called good for fringe reception ..pace 2600..?Do you think the petals will do significant difference to my present reception or no.Zorba...give as your opinion on this .When you mentioned you had reception 1300 till 1700 you meaned full picture or just signal?